Advances in variable selection methods II: Effect of variable selection method on classification of hydrologically similar watersheds in three Mid-Atlantic ecoregions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 438-439, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-38

  Ssegane, H ^a   Tollner, E W ^a   Mohamoud, Y M ^b   Rasmussen, T C ^c   Dowd, J F ^c  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal variable selection; Hydrological simillarity; Principal component analysis; Stepwise regression; Streamflow indices; Watershed classification

Indexed keywords

BASE FLOW INDEX; CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; DESCRIPTORS; ECOREGIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FLOW PREDICTION; GENERAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; HYDROLOGICAL SIMILLARITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SELECTION ALGORITHM; SIMILARITY INDICES; STEPWISE REGRESSION; VARIABLE SELECTION; VARIABLE SELECTION METHODS; WATERSHED CLASSIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ALGORITHM; BASEFLOW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOREGION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860380063     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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